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Go ahead, yawn Parkour off as the next soccer, nothing more than a sport that’s trendy overseas but will never gain popularity in the U.S. Victor Bevine and David Thompson beg to differ.
Thirteen young men huddle on the edge of the playground. One takes off, attempts to vault over a bench and tumbles to the ground amid laughter. Another hoists himself to ...
This is parkour. Traceurs and traceuses. Although parkour has been recognised as an official sport in some countries, it’s impossible to determine how many people are involved worldwide.
The international gymnastics federation wants to push for parkour to be included in the Paris Games in 2024. It may not be up to them. By Victor Mather Parkour, the video-friendly sport in which ...
Invented in the 1980s in France, parkour is a sport usually favored by extremely nimble people who move freely through any terrain using their own strength and flexibility, ...
However, parkour is about mindset, not acrobatics. "It's a culture of free expression," says Bevine. The emphasis on the mindset is perhaps why the sport can't bear to exist as a subset of gymnastics.
A wave of excitement is tumbling into town this fall. Tumble City, the proud home of West Coast Sport Cheer, is officially ...
As the final torchbearer parkours around the city of lights during the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, curious viewers started wondering whether parkour is an Olympic sport. It’s not ...
Know your pickleball from your parkour? The new sports making it onto the curriculum in bid to get children excited about PE again. DEEP DIVE: Incredible chart lays bare Leo's '25 and under ...